Currently, the survivor’s pension assumes that a widow can decide whether she wants to receive her pension in full or an incomplete benefit from her deceased husband. Unfortunately, this solution is not always beneficial. Will the widow’s pension change that?
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“Widow’s pension” will finally go to the Sejm? The left has collected the required number of signatures
Originally, the “widow’s pension” project was submitted in May, but it got stuck in the parliamentary freezer. In January, it was tabled again, this time as a citizens’ bill. The left had 3 months to collect 100,000 under him. signatures. On April 11, the representative of the civic committee, MP Arek Iwaniek, announced that the goal had been achieved and more than that. – We collected 202,156 signatures for the civic bill on the widow’s pension – he said. This means that now Marshal Elżbieta Witek has three months to submit the bill to the Sejm. This should happen no later than July.
Married survivor’s pension is not always advantageous. What is it about?
What is the spouse’s survivor’s pension now? After the death of a spouse, a widow has two options. The first is to keep yours at full height. The second, in turn, assumes the use of the deceased husband’s benefit, but in the amount of 85 percent. pension he would be entitled to. The widow’s pension offers a different, more favorable solution for seniors.
The widow’s pension is “durable, systemic support”. Up to 1.5 million seniors will benefit from it
The widow’s pension assumes that after the death of a husband or wife, he will be able to decide whether to receive:
- its full benefit and 50 percent. benefits after the deceased spouse,
- its 50% benefit. and a full death benefit.
Importantly, the widow’s pension is to be available to all persons entitled to receive the benefit. This means that it will be received not only by those insured in ZUS, but also in KRUS and uniformed pensioners. The maximum amount of the benefit is to be three times the average old-age pension, which is currently PLN 7,600. According to the calculations of the Left between 1.3 and 1.5 million will benefit from it Poles, and the project itself will cost PLN 14 billion annually.
This benefit will be a permanent systemic support for old-age and disability pensioners, and not a one-time benefit, dependent on the whim of politicians
– we can read on the Left.
Source: Gazeta
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